It's time...

The time is here, the hospital pacifier is getting too small for my baby! He's ONLY taken that one, ever! Now what do I do? What did you ladies switch to after the hospital pacifier? He really only uses it when he's fussing or about to go to sleep, which is probably because he can't hold it in himself. Maybe he could hold in a different brand better?? I just don't want to go waste money on trial and error pacifiers! They can get expensive! Any ideas??

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I use avent pacifiers. I tried to use the hospital ones when he came home (soothie), and he spat it right out. He really liked his avent more, and it is quite a different shape from the bottle nipple -- so there is no confusion.

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My LO is 5 months actual (3 months adjusted) and still uses the preemie soothie paci that she got in the NICU, we have a few other brands and soothie brand for older babies, but she will not take them at all, I am lost too !

My DD LOVED the soothies from the NICU, but at our baby shower we got a ton of the other kind of paci's so when we brought her home, I would try and switch them up every once in a while so she could get used of the other paci and now thats what she loves. She doesnt use them as much anymore so I think that helps. But i have seen the soothies at Babies R Us and and Target.

My boys will only take soothies and soothie shaped pacifiers. We tried the NUK and playtex orthodontic ones with no luck. I had gotten some Disney ones while I was pregnant that are similar to the soothies that they will also take. They are on the green size now, but we also have what they call "Super Soothies" which are the same size but slightly harder for older babies. We didn't realize they were harder until we opened them, and one of my sons hates them.

I guess I can chalk it up to using Soothie brand hospital pacifiers from day 2 or so. It started with the Wee Thumbie, then graduated to the Wee Soothie, now they are on the newborn (green) Soothie. The older baby Soothie (super Soothie) is no bigger than the newborn, so I'm not sure it will solve your issue. You could look at the shapes of the different pacifiers before you buy them and it could be a good indicator of which ones your baby may like.

Yes, the Super Soothie is the same size, but just much firmer than the regular 0-3mo green soothie the hospital gives you.

Dd wanted nothing to do with anything other than a Soothie--after 7+ weeks that is what she was used to. When she got to be several months old, then the others could be used to play with or teeth, but NOT for sleeping. Surprisingly, she didn't seem to notice between the Soothie and Super Soothie.

I am just now taking her off Soothies all together, because she was putting too much for my liking in her mouth, and she usually has them out of my eyesight (she gets them for sleeping and car only usually). She was used to the Super Soothies, so she hasn't noticed. With them being firmer, she can't get it in her mouth like the regular ones.

As far as colors, I found BRU had pink/purple, green, and blue in 0-3mo size, and both Target and BRU and TRU have the Super Soothies in pink, blue, and I'm 99% sure green.